1st Edition

Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System

By Daniel W. Phillips III Copyright 2007
292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

Discover how to best provide effective mental health treatments for criminal offenders Prisons and jails are increasingly being filled with inmates who suffer from mental illness and need treatment. Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System examines a wide range of the latest research and learned perspectives focusing on the intersection of mental health services and the criminal... Read more

Kerle, Foreword. Soderstrom, Mental Illness in Offender Populations: Prevalence, Duty and Implications. Mire, Forsyth, Hanser, Jail Diversion: Addressing the Needs of Offenders with Mental Illness and Co-Occurring Disorders.  Mobley, Henry, Plemmons, Protecting Prisoners from Harmful Research: Is "Being Heard" Enough? Weaver, Justice is in the Eye of the Beholder. Sabbatine, An "Extended Care" Community Corrections Models for Seriously Mentally Ill Offenders. C. J. Forsyth, O. F. Forsyth, A Story Telling of Tragedy: Mental Illness, Molestation, Suicide, and the Penalty of Death   Gaols or de facto Mental Institutions? Henderson, Why Individuals with a Mental Illness Are Over-Represented in the Criminal Justice System in New South Wales, Australia. O’Keefe, Schnell, Offenders with Mental Illness in the Correctional System. Matthews,Hubbard, The Helping Alliance in Juvenile Probation: The Missing Element in the "What Works" Literature. Kenny, Lennings, Nelson, The Mental Health of Young Offenders Serving Orders in the Community: Implications for Rehabilitation. O’Keefe, Administrative Segregation for Mentally Ill Innmates. Vogel, Noether, Steadman, Preparing Communities for Re-Entry of Offenders with Mental Illness: The ACTION Approach. Versey, Stenius, Mazade, Schacht, Costs, Control of Just Good Clinical Practice? The Use of Antipsychotic Medications and Formulary Decision-Making in Large U.S. Prisons and Jails. Salina, Lesondak, Razzano, Weilbaecher, Co-Occurring Mental Disorders Among Incarcerated Women: Preliminary Findings from an Integrated Health Treatment Study.  Sullivan, Sacks, McKendrick, Banks, Sacks, Stommel, Modified Therapeutic Community Treatment for Offenders with Co-Occurring Disorders: Mental Health Outcomes. Durkin, Digianantonio, Recidivism Among Child Molesters: A Brief Overview. Hundersmarck, Durkin, Delong, Designing a Classification System for Internet Offenders: Doing Cognitive Distortions.

Biography

Daniel W. Phillips III PhD is associate professor of sociology and criminal justice and the criminal justice program coordinator at Lindsey Wilson College.